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Sun Ra: Space Is the Place

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Sun Ra: Space Is the Place
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1hr 3min
Genres:
Sci-Fi,Musical
Release:
1974
Director:
John Coney
Distributor:
Plexifilm
Starring:
Sun Ra, Barbara Deloney, Erika Leder
Synopsis: Avant-garde jazz musician Sun Ra stars in the movie version of his concept album Space Is the Place. Not following a linear plot line, this experimental film is a bizarre combination of social commentary, blaxploitation, science fiction, and concert performance. The opening scene is set in an intergalactic forest, with Sun Ra introducing his plan to use music as salvation for the black community. Back on Earth, he wears a disguise as Sunny Ray, a piano player in a 1940s Chicago strip club who causes ... Full Synopsis
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Andrea LeVasseur, AMG Review
Science fiction, blaxploitation, and musical elements combine in the entertaining and enlightening Space Is the Place. Like the 1972 album of the same name, this film features jazz legend Sun Ra playing around on the space organ along with June Tyson's vocal chants to create the band's unique African percussion-filled jazz improvisations. While the concert performances alone are well-documented, the ... Full Review
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